Site Leader, Distribution

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Nazareth, PA

118d

About The Position

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer. The Site Leader, Distribution will be the senior leader in the operation of a distribution center, coaching an operations manager and supervisors in providing high quality services to the facility's customer base. This will be accomplished through the implementation and maintenance of internal operating standards that drive efficiency, customer satisfaction, and a positive employee culture. Additionally, as the Site Leader, they will assume responsibility for site-wide initiatives, fostering employee engagement, and maintaining a safe, efficient, and high-quality operating environment.

Requirements

• High school degree with 8+ years of related experience or advanced degree in a relevant technical field with 4+ years of experience.
• Problem-Solving: Identifies the problem, analyzes possible solutions, and makes effective decisions based on facts and data.
• Proactive Thinking: Thinks about the long-term implications of their actions and decisions, anticipating issues that might arise.
• Team Focus: Works collaboratively and effectively with others to achieve a common goal.
• Approachable: Is warm, approachable and pleasant towards others, building effective relationships with people of different styles.
• Safety/Process Orientation: Works diligently to ensure that all safety, process, and compliance procedures are met.
• Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing tasks at a high level of quality and attention to detail.
• Stress Management: Remains steady and focused when working under pressure or in stressful situations.
• Flexibility: Adjusts behavior and approach based on the circumstances.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall distribution center cost, service, compliance, and safety through productivity and performance metrics including all receiving, put-away, picking, packing, shipping, inventory control and facility maintenance.
• Leads all aspects of the operation using agreed upon metrics that highlight service indicators to meet the company's goals: Lines filled per hour, service levels, delivery reliability, and on-time performance.
• Drives the team's focus on safety and obtains and maintains 100% compliance in all required training.
• Monitors, reports and controls facility expenses to ensure plans and targets are achieved.
• Takes an active role in the hiring process for all levels of employees.
• Ensures policies and procedures are followed maintaining compliance with regulatory and operational procedures.
• Reviews all internal reports to measure and assess operational effectiveness.
• Works directly with the North America Sr. Director to ensure total P & L goals and objectives are met.
• Ensures storage of materials is in keeping with State and Federal FDA, Board of Pharmacy, DEA, ATF, EPA and OSHA regulations.
• Delivers with decision making skills, resolving problems that prevent a timely and efficient handling of inbound and outbound orders.
• Assists in preparing and maintaining SOP's for the site.
• Assumes the duties of the Supervisors in their functional areas in the event of their absence.
• Interact with MIS to ensure all equipment is in proper working order.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees